• rambaroo@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Really annoys me how half the rock songs I like proudly announce what an absolute scumbag the author is

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      6 months ago

      Not all songs are based in reality, they’re just stories that sound good. Plus most are a time capsule of the times they were made in, being a womanizer wasn’t as frowned upon back then and was pretty much expected of musicians

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        6 months ago

        I don’t disagree, but I still think it says something about the writer of the song. Cheating on your wife is and was scummy behavior, and so is romanticizing it, just less so